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Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality (2013)
Journal Article
Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2014). Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality. Acta oecologica, 55, 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2013.11.001

Given the known influence of parental investment on breeding success of great tits Parus major, females should be expected to use male parental quality as an essential criterion in mate choice. Since parental quality cannot usually be observed direct... Read More about Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality.

Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ (2013)
Journal Article
Torné-Noguera, A., Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2014). Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ. Journal of Ornithology, 155(1), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-1025-5

Animal research commonly requires temporary handling of study animals. In this study, we compared the response to handling stress in urban and forest Great Tits (Parus major). We measured breath rate, which has been suggested as a proxy of the stress... Read More about Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ.

One hour of sampling is enough: Great Tit Parus major parents feed their nestlings consistently across time (2013)
Journal Article
Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2013). One hour of sampling is enough: Great Tit Parus major parents feed their nestlings consistently across time. Acta Ornithologica, 48(2), 194-200. https://doi.org/10.3161/000164513X678847

Parental investment is a key topic in avian ecology, and many authors have focused on nestling-feeding behaviour to analyse this issue. Surprisingly, most studies have based their results on feeding patterns recorded over periods of only one or two h... Read More about One hour of sampling is enough: Great Tit Parus major parents feed their nestlings consistently across time.